On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) at New Hope Road, on the right when traveling north on Christanna Highway.
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling . . . — — Map (db m20168) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Christanna Highway ( Route 46), on the right when traveling north on Boydton Plank Road.
Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within . . . — — Map (db m20181) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Christanna Highway ( Route 46), on the right when traveling north on Boydton Plank Road. Reported permanently removed.
Here the first courthouse of Brunswick County was built about 1732. In 1746, when the county was divided, the county seat was moved east near Thomasburg. In 1783, after Greensville County had been formed, the courthouse was moved to Lawrenceville. — — Map (db m20180) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles north of Christanna Highway ( Route 46), on the right when traveling north.
The Virginia General Assembly established Brunswick County in 1720 to encourage English settlement between the fall line and French outposts west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Until 1732, when Brunswick’s court was constituted, residents attended . . . — — Map (db m180055) HM
Near Campus Drive (County Route 378) near Chritanna Highway ( Route 46). Reported permanently removed.
Southside Virginia Community College has two campuses: the Christanna Campus in Alberta, which opened in 1970, and the John H. Daniel campus in Keysville, which opened in 1971. The college is part of the statewide system of community colleges . . . — — Map (db m30868) HM
Near Campus Drive (County Road 378) 0.1 miles west of Christanna Highway (State Route 46), on the left when traveling west.
Southside Virginia Community College has two campuses: the Christanna Campus in Alberta, which opened in 1970, and the John H. Daniel Campus in Keysville, which opened in 1971. The college is part of the statewide system of community colleges . . . — — Map (db m180538) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.2 miles north of Poor House Road (County Route 642), on the right when traveling south.
A branch of the Nottoway, named for the huge fish once caught in it. William Byrd, returning from the expedition to survey the Virginia-North Carolina boundary line, camped on this stream in November, 1729. — — Map (db m62406) HM
On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) south of Jonesboro Church Road (County Road 645), on the right when traveling south.
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale . . . — — Map (db m107700) HM
On Tobacco Heritage Trail 0.6 miles east of Evans Creek Road (County Route 623), on the left when traveling east.
While wooden trestle bridges were numerous in Brunswick County, the Meherrin River Bridge was one of a few truss bridges on the A&D between Pinners Point (at Portsmouth) and Danville. Built in 1893, the 150-feet long, through truss pin-connected . . . — — Map (db m94363) HM
Near Railroad Street 0.5 miles east of High Street when traveling east.
A community of mills, warehouses, homes and stores sprang up with the construction of the Atlantic and Danville Railway in the 1890s. A combination freight and passenger station was located at Brodnax shown here in 1948. Bales of cotton, timber and . . . — — Map (db m94357) HM
On Pleasant Grove Road (County Road 681) 0.2 miles west of Governor Harrison Parkway (U.S. 58), on the right when traveling west.
Though many freed African Americans continued after the Civil War to work the same farms on which they had been slaves, many also left their homes in search of better opportunities elsewhere. Often the sick, elderly, and very young were left . . . — — Map (db m180524) HM
On Tobacco Heritage Trail 1.3 miles east of Railroad Street, on the left when traveling east.
Until about 1967, the U.S. Postal Service used the railroads to handle mail on designated routes. The mail was handled in special railroad cars usually moved on passenger trains, designated as Railway Post Office (RPO) cars. The RPOs were actually . . . — — Map (db m94359) HM
On Tobacco Heritage Trail 1.9 miles east of Railroad Street, on the left when traveling east.
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed synonymous with racing. All modem Thoroughbreds trace back to three stallions imported into England from the Middle East in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. English Thoroughbreds were imported into North . . . — — Map (db m94361) HM
Near Evans Creek Road (County Route 623) 1 mile north of Governor Harrison Parkway (U.S. 58), on the right when traveling north.
Tobacco has long held a sacred and prominent role among the Indian tribes in the southeast. Well before Christopher Columbus returned with tobacco seeds from the Caribbean or Sir Walter Raleigh made smoking fashionable in Europe when he returned . . . — — Map (db m94362) HM
On Tobacco Heritage Trail 0.8 miles east of Evans Creek Road (County Route 623), on the right when traveling east.
Did you know… A raindrop falling in the Meherrin River Watershed will travel over 200 miles before reaching the Atlantic?!
Watersheds are the collective web of tributaries and surrounding land draining to a common waterbody, such as a major . . . — — Map (db m94364) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.6 miles south of Tanner Town Road, on the right when traveling north.
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale . . . — — Map (db m20188) HM
On Pleasant Grove Road (County Route 681) 0.3 miles north of Governor Harrison Parkway (U.S. 58), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Though many freed African Americans continued after the Civil War to work the same farms on which they had been slaves, many also left their homes in search of better opportunities elsewhere. Often the sick, elderly and very young were left . . . — — Map (db m30873) HM
On Piney Pond Road (U.S. 58) 0.1 miles west of Main Street (County Route 659), on the left when traveling west.
Mecklenburg County. Formed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Princess Charlotte, of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III. A small army under the command of rebel Nathaniel Bacon destroyed the town of the Occaneechee Indians near . . . — — Map (db m30875) HM
On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) at Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south on Christanna Highway.
Nellie Pratt Russell, educator, attended Howard
University and was one of six incorporators of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek
letter organization founded by African American
women. The sorority, established in 1908, . . . — — Map (db m107412) HM
On Liberty Road at Old Stage Road, on the left when traveling east on Liberty Road. Reported permanently removed.
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling . . . — — Map (db m289877) HM
On Liberty Road (County Road 634) north of Old Stage Road (County Road 712), on the left when traveling north.
Over two days, June 27-28, 1864, dusty columns of approximately 5,000 exhausted Union cavalrymen, with artillery, wagons, and ambulances, passed this spot near Smoky Ordinary. Gen. James H. Wilson's division led the way, with Gen. August V. . . . — — Map (db m310188) HM
On Old Stage Road 0.4 miles south of Smoky Ordinary Road. Reported permanently removed.
The ordinary that stood on this site catered to travelers on the north-south stage road as early as 1750. During the American Revolution local warehouses were burned by British Colonel Tarleton, and legend says that it was from that occurrence . . . — — Map (db m20164) HM
On Old Stage Road (County Road 712) at Reedy Creek Road (County Road 634), on the left when traveling west on Old Stage Road.
Smoky Ordinary, built ½ mile northeast of here by 1750, provided lodging, food, and drink to travelers on the north-south stage road. A small community later developed around the ordinary. British raiders under Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton . . . — — Map (db m310191) HM
On Reedy Creek Road (County Road 634) north of Big Horn Road (County Road 633), on the right when traveling south.
By 1772, Zachariah Thompson, a Baptist minister based in North Carolina, had founded a church here on Reedy Creek. This is the oldest-continuing Baptist church in Brunswick County. Members later helped organize a number of other congregations in . . . — — Map (db m310194) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 58) south of Bank Street, on the left when traveling south.
Late in the afternoon of May 15, 1864, Union Gen. August V. Kautz and his cavalry division rode into Lawrenceville, the Brunswick County seat. They were on the second leg of a two-part, two-week-long expedition to destroy railroad bridges and depots . . . — — Map (db m62400) HM
On Fort Hill Road 1.1 miles west of Christanna Highway ( Route 46), on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
In 1714, at Governor Alexander Spotswood’s urging, the Virginia General Assembly funded the Virginia Indian Company, charged with building a fort on the banks of the Meherrin River in what would become Brunswick County. The fort would provide . . . — — Map (db m20197) HM
On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) 0.7 miles south of Iron Bridge Road (County Road 715), on the right when traveling south.
Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within . . . — — Map (db m20184) HM
On Fort Hill Road (County Road 686) 1.2 miles west of Christanna Highway (State Route 46), on the right when traveling west.
In 1714, working through the Virginia Indian Company, Gov. Alexander Spotswood initiated the construction of First Christanna on a bank of the Meherrin River. This fort served several important purposes. The Indian Company received a monopoly . . . — — Map (db m180523) HM
Near Fort Hill Road 1.1 miles west of Christanna Highway ( Route 46), on the right when traveling west.
A Fort Called Christ-Anna
You are standing at the site of Fort Christanna, a colonial fort laid out in 1714 by Virginia’s Governor Alexander Spotswood. The fort was built on a tract of land set aside in 1714 for a trading post, as well as a . . . — — Map (db m20199) HM
Near Fort Hill Road 1.1 miles west of Christanna Highway, on the right when traveling west.
Alexander Spotswood (1676-1740) was Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. Born in Africa of a Scottish family, he had distinguished himself at the Battle of Bleinheim and was wounded. He was appointed to the governor’s position in Virginia in . . . — — Map (db m20200) HM
Near Fort Hill Road 1.1 miles west of Christanna Highway ( Route 46), on the right when traveling west.
The story of Native Americans after Jamestown's founding in 1607 is a tragic one. At that time the Siouan Indians of Virginia probably numbered 6,300 people. By 1714, when Fort Christanna was established, they were in difficult circumstances, being . . . — — Map (db m20198) HM
On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) 0.1 miles east of Walkers Wood Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Oak Grove School was originally a one-room log building located here on the grounds of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Between 1923 and 1924, for the sum of $3,000, a new, three-room school was built on the same site. The school is an example of . . . — — Map (db m180530) HM
On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) 0.1 miles east of Walkers Wood Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Erected in loving memory of the Rev. Jesse C. Byrd D.D. as builder of present structure and pastor of Oak Grove 1943 - 1964 by the members. — — Map (db m180531) HM
On College Drive 0.1 miles north of Windsor Avenue ( Route 46), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Saint Paul’s College began as a small parochial school founded by a newly ordained Episcopal deacon, the Rev. James Solomon Russell. Born into slavery, Russell attended seminary school in Petersburg. Within a year of graduation he had managed . . . — — Map (db m30870) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 58) at Athletic Field Road, on the right when traveling west on North Main Street.
Saint Paul's College was established in 1883 by the Venerable James Solomon Russell (1857-1935) as an Episcopal mission school to serve the black community of Southside Virginia. Born into slavery in Mecklenburg County, Russell was educated at . . . — — Map (db m20187) HM
On Athletic Field Road at Lawrenceville Plank Road (Business U.S. 58), on the right when traveling north on Athletic Field Road.
Saint Paul's College began as a small parochial school founded by a newly ordained Episcopal deacon, the Rev. James Solomon Russell. Born into slavery, Russell attended the Bishop Payne Divinity School in Petersburg. Within a year of graduation, . . . — — Map (db m180528) HM
Near Fort Hill Road 1.1 miles west of Christanna Highway ( Route 46), on the right when traveling west.
In 1924 the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia acquired three and three-quarters acres of land on which the fort was presumed to have been built, then erected a monument of concrete embedded with . . . — — Map (db m20202) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 58) just south of Bank Street, on the right when traveling north.
Dedicated to all the men from Brunswick County, VA. who made the supreme sacrifice while serving their country and to all who served with honor.
World War I
Wright, Thomas L. Sgt. •
Bland, Charlie Pvt. •
East, John W. Pvt. • . . . — — Map (db m180526) WM
On Brunswick Drive (County Route 644) at Exit 24 (Interstate 85) on Brunswick Drive.
Among the earliest of the more than a dozen
Julius Rosenwald Schools built in Brunswick
County, Saint Paul’s Chapel School was constructed
as a one-teacher standard plan in 1920 under
the initial wave of Tuskegee Institute-administered building . . . — — Map (db m107433) HM
On Governor Harrison Parkway (U.S. 58) at Circle Drive, on the right when traveling east on Governor Harrison Parkway.
John L. Whitehead Jr., fighter pilot, was born in Lawrenceville. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II at the age of 19, completed pilot training at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Sept. 1944, and was deployed to Italy with . . . — — Map (db m310195) HM
On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) 0.5 miles north of Gasburg Road (County Road 626), on the right when traveling north.
The Brunswick Circuit, established in 1773 by Robert Williams, is likely the oldest Methodist circuit in America. It extended from Petersburg south into North Carolina, and became known as “the cradle of Methodism in the South.” By 1776, the . . . — — Map (db m60671) HM
On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) near Dromgoole Road (County Road 669), on the right when traveling north.
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale . . . — — Map (db m60672) HM
On Christanna Highway (Virginia Route 46) 0.1 miles south of Gasburg Road (County Road 626), on the left when traveling north.
Near here stood Mason's Chapel, one of the earliest Methodist churches in southern Virginia. The first Virginia conference, May, 1785, was held here or nearby; Bishop Asbury presided. The conference of 1801 was held here. The present Olive Branch . . . — — Map (db m60673) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Old Stage Road (County Route 712), on the right when traveling north on Boydton Plank Road.
At Birch's Bridge (very near this bridge) the second William Byrd and his party crossed the river, in September, 1733, on their way to inspect Byrd's land holdings in North Carolina. Byrd wrote an account of this trip which he called “A . . . — — Map (db m62403) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Old Stage Road, on the right when traveling south on Boydton Plank Road.
According to local tradition, while Dr. Creed Haskins and several friends were on a hunting trip in Brunswick County in 1828, his camp cook, Jimmy Matthews, hunted squirrels for a stew. Matthews simmered the squirrels with butter, onions, stale . . . — — Map (db m20186) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) at Old Stage Road (County Route 712), on the right when traveling north on Boydton Plank Road.
Dinwiddie County. Area 521 Square Miles. Formed in 1752 from Prince George, and named for Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia 1751-1756. General Winfield Scott was born in this county, and in it took place the battle of Five . . . — — Map (db m62404) HM
On Boydton Plank Road (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles south of Flat Rock Road (County Route 643), on the right when traveling north.
A few hundred yards east is the site of Ebenezer Academy, founded in 1793 by Bishop Asbury, the first Methodist school established in Virginia. It passed out of the hands of the church but remained a noted school for many years. — — Map (db m62405) HM
On Old Hollow Road, on the left when traveling west.
Jubal A. Early Homeplace Circa 1814 has been designated Virginia Historic Landmark and placed on the National Register of Historic Places 1997 — — Map (db m87173) HM
On U.S. 220 north of Naff Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling north.
Roanoke County. Area 305 Square Miles. Formed in 1838 from Botetourt and Montgomery, and probably named for Roanoke River. General Andrew Lewis lived here. The city of Roanoke is known as the Gate City of the South.
Franklin . . . — — Map (db m58381) HM
On Franklin Street (Virginia Route 40) west of Old Craft Shop Road, on the left when traveling west.
Ferrum (Latin for iron) developed ca. 1892 along the new Roanoke and Southern Railway linking Roanoke, VA, and Winston-Salem, NC, known as the "Punkin Vine" line. The village became a regional shipping hub early in the 20th century. St. James . . . — — Map (db m271771) HM
On Booker T. Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) just west of Inglewood Road (Route 672), on the left when traveling west.
Here stood Taylor’s Store, established in 1799 by Skelton Taylor, a lieutenant in the Bedford County militia during the Revolutionary War. After Franklin County was formed, Taylor became a militia captain and overseer of the poor. His store and . . . — — Map (db m65624) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) at Lost Mountain Road (Route 636), on the right when traveling east.
Oral tradition denotes this as the Sparks Cemetery. While the cemetery contains 41 fieldstone grave markers, a geophysical survey discovered a total of 83 graves. Only one stone bears an inscription, which includes the date of August 1823. The . . . — — Map (db m307375) HM
On Jubal Early Highway (Virginia Route 116) just south of Truman Hill Road (County Route 678), on the right when traveling south.
Near this place, on land occupied since the
1780s by the Early family, Confederate General
Jubal Early was born in 1816, The General
practiced law in Franklin County and served in
the Mexican War before the Civil War. Early
fought in more . . . — — Map (db m65625) HM
On Booker T. Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) east of Lost Mountain Road (County Route 636), on the right when traveling west.
Booker T. Washington was born a slave on the nearby Burroughs plantation on April 5, 1856. He was graduated from Hampton Institute in 1875 where he became an instructor. Because of his achievements as an educator, he was selected to establish a . . . — — Map (db m65611) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) 0.2 miles east of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636), on the right when traveling east.
"...my whole life has largely been one of surprises. I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant, unexpected encouragements of this kind if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day of his life—that is, tries to make each day . . . — — Map (db m137945) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) 0.2 miles east of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636), on the right when traveling east.
Booker T. Washington, the renowned African-American leader and educator, was born into slavery on this plantation and freed here after the Civil War ended. At this national monument, you can learn about his childhood in slavery, living here with . . . — — Map (db m137933) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) 0.2 miles west of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
A slave has died.
As in Africa, mourners keep all-night vigil, chanting loudly and praying. When the next day's work is done, friends of the dead slave gather from surrounding farms. Then the long procession marches out—songs and shouts, . . . — — Map (db m209518) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) 0.2 miles east of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636), on the right when traveling east.
Tobacco farmers used barns such as this to cure dark-leaf tobacco used for chewing tobacco. The tobacco plant was harvested in late August or early September, split down the middle, and hung upside down on sticks that were placed across poles inside . . . — — Map (db m307374) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) 0.2 miles east of Lost Mountain Road (Route 636), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Booker Taliaferro, his mother Jane, elder brother John Henry, younger sister Amanda, aunt Sophia, uncle Monroe, and cousin Sally were freed here in 1865. You can walk down to the site of emancipation, where the "Big House" was located. You can . . . — — Map (db m137943) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) 0.2 miles east of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636) when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
Tobacco was the only crop grown on this farm that was sold for cash or bartered for goods. Corn, vegetables, and animals were raised to feed the people on the plantation. If a crop failed or if the tobacco barn burned down during the curing process, . . . — — Map (db m137944) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) 0.2 miles east of Lost Mountain Road, on the right.
To the slave, the forest offered more than hunting, fishing, or food. The woods were a place to meet, to rest, even to worship, away from the owner's gaze.
Today, as in Booker Washington's childhood, half of this farm is forest. A 1½-mile . . . — — Map (db m137982) HM
Near Old Hollow Lane west of Jubal Early Highway ( Route 116), on the right when traveling west.
This is the childhood home of Jubal Anderson Early, who was born on November 3, 1816. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1837 and served as a lieutenant in the Seminole War in Florida before resigning in 1838. He practiced . . . — — Map (db m87172) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) east of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636), on the right when traveling east.
The simple buildings Washington remembered are gone, but the patterns of hills, fields, and woods remain. Reconstructed buildings now recreate some of the scenes Washington knew as a child. The park brochure, available inside the visitor center, . . . — — Map (db m298743) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) east of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636), on the right when traveling east.
The Burroughs' farm was one of many tobacco plantations that dominated the 1800s landscape of Southside Virginia. Cash or credit from a few acres of tobacco financed the purchase of necessities and some luxuries. Subsistence crops of corn, wheat, . . . — — Map (db m298744) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) 0.2 miles east of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636), on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
When Booker lived here as a child with his family, about ten enslaved people of African descent worked and lived on this plantation. The enslaved worked every day, for long hours, in heat and cold. They worked to keep the farm profitable, so the . . . — — Map (db m137978) HM
Near Booker T Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) east of Lost Mountain Road ( Route 636), on the right when traveling east.
At 9 years old, Booker took his first breath of freedom here. He described the moment when he and his family were freed from slavery in his autobiography:
"My mother, who was standing by my side leaned over and kissed her . . . — — Map (db m298745) HM
Near Booker T. Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
September 1861. Half the slaves of the South live, labor, and die on small farms like this, worked by fewer than 20 slaves. Slaves build barns, fix houses, clear fields, work gardens, fed animals, weave cloth, and sweat out the toughest domestic . . . — — Map (db m209517) HM
On Virgil H. Goode Hwy. (U.S. 220) south of Route 635, on the right when traveling south.
Here through the Maggoty Gap, the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to Georgia, known locally as the Carolina Road, passes through the Blue Ridge. Originating as the Great Warrior Path of the Iroquois centuries before, the path was frequently used . . . — — Map (db m63203) HM
On East College Street at Franklin Street ( Route 40), on the right when traveling east on East College Street.
On December 13, 1974, Worth Harris Carter, Jr. opened the first Carter Bank & Trust at this location. Operating under the name of First National Bank of Rocky Mount, the branch opened with eight employees. From these humble beginnings, Carter Bank & . . . — — Map (db m259212) HM
On Franklin Street 0.1 miles north of Fairlawn Drive, on the right when traveling north.
With the entire park sitting at 6.5 acres, 5.5 acres was donated to the town in 2006 by T. Keister Greer, a Rocky Mount attorney, and his wife Elizabeth. The park land sits adjacent to “The Grove” (now “The Early Inn”), which served as the Greer . . . — — Map (db m307376) HM
On Virgil H. Goode Hwy. (U.S. 220) south of Route 635, on the right when traveling south.
Ten miles southwest is Ferrum, named for iron mines nearby. Ferrum College was established by the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church in 1913 through the influence of its Woman’s Society of Christian Service. It became a junior college . . . — — Map (db m63206) HM
Near Lawndale Drive just west of South Main Street (Business U.S. 220).
Here at the house and ordinary of Col. James Callaway, proprietor of the Washington Iron Works, the first Franklin County court met to organize the new county on Monday, Jan. 2, 1976. The iron works had been established here by 1773 by Col. John . . . — — Map (db m65984) HM
On Virgil H. Goode Hwy. (U.S. 220) south of Route 635, on the right when traveling south.
Near here stood a stockade erected by Capt. Nathaniel Terry and garrisoned by men under his command. Washington made “Terry’s Fort” a link in his chain of forts and inspected it in the fall of 1756. — — Map (db m63202) HM
On Franklin Street (Virginia Route 40) just south of North Main Street (Business U.S. 220).
Franklin County. Welcome to Franklin County, the eastern gateway to The Crooked Road, a journey through Southwest Virginia's musical heritage that winds through the Appalachian Mountains for 265 miles. Franklin County has always been a cultural . . . — — Map (db m71564) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 220) at East Court Steeet, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
(Northwest side)
To the memory of
The Confederate Dead
of Franklin County
1861-1865
(Northeast side)
Co. B 57th Va. Inf.
Co. C 57th Va. Inf.
Co. G 57th Va. Inf.
Co. D 58th Va. Inf. . . . — — Map (db m259208) WM
On Franklin Street (Virginia Route 40) just west of North Main Street (Business U.S. 220).
One in a class of 200 built by International Railway Car Company, Kenton, Ohio between December, 1968 and
February, 1970. The “P” denotes pool service and meant the caboose could travel any portion of the N & W System.
Before air brakes, . . . — — Map (db m71566) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 220) close to West and East Court Streets, on the left.
This place was established as the county seat when Franklin County was formed. The first court was held in March, 1786. The first (log) courthouse was replaced in 1831. In 1836 the town consisted of 30 dwellings and a number of business houses. . . . — — Map (db m65950) HM
On Franklin Street (Virginia Route 40) south of High Street, on the right when traveling north.
Honoring these African American veterans of the American Civil War born in Franklin County. These USCT served in the U.S. military 1863 - 1866
Pvt John Adams •
Pvt Archibald Allen •
Pvt James Arnold •
Pvt Edward Arrington •
Pvt . . . — — Map (db m298671) WM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 220) near Old Furnace Road, on the right when traveling south.
Here stands the furnace and ironmaster’s house of the Washington Iron Works, Franklin County’s first industry. Originally established in 1773 by Col. John Donelson, father-in-law of President Andrew Jackson, the iron plantation was acquired in 1779 . . . — — Map (db m65983) HM
On Virginia Avenue (U.S. 220) at Oak Forest Road ( Route 984), in the median on Virginia Avenue.
Franklin County. Area 697 Square Miles. Formed in 1785 from Henry and Bedford and added to from Patrick. Named for Benjamin Franklin. General Jubal A. Early lived in this county.
Henry County. Area 444 Square . . . — — Map (db m63193) HM
Near Plantation Trail east of Plantation Trail Spur, on the left when traveling east.
In 1860, the Burroughs owned four horses which they sheltered in a barn similar to this. Besides serving as the family's transportation, they pulled plows through fields and hauled wagonloads of cured tobacco leaves to the factory. Washington . . . — — Map (db m298748) HM
Near Plantation Trail east of Plantation Trail Spur, on the left when traveling east.
Booker took an interest in farm animals as a result of his required daily chores. He gathered chicken eggs as one of his first morning tasks, fed the pigs, visited the cows, and cleaned out animal stalls and enclosures.
On Booker T. Washington Highway (Virginia Route 122) at Smith Mountain Lake, the county line, on the right when traveling south on Booker T. Washington Highway.
Appalachian Power Company built Smith Mountain and Leesville Dams between 1960 and 1963 to generate hydroelectric energy. West of Smith Mountain Dam, the waters of the Roanoke and Blackwater Rivers formed Smith Mountain Lake, covering 20,600 acres . . . — — Map (db m104438) HM
On Old Liberty Drive, on the right when traveling west.
This boulder marks the
landed estate of
Patrick Henry
where he lived from
1778 to 1784
Erected by the Patrick Henry Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1922 — — Map (db m301181) HM
On Riverside Drive at Fairystone Park Highway ( Route 57), on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
Constructed in 1947-1948 in the town of Bassett in Henry County, Virginia, the school officially opened in 1949. It is an excellent example of a two-story Georgian-Revival style school built after World War II. It is the last school to be . . . — — Map (db m205768) HM
On Mount Olivet Road (County Route 777) 1.7 miles south of A L Philpott Highway (Business U.S. 58), on the left when traveling south.
Chatmoss was one of about 50 Hairston family
plantations in Virginia, North Carolina, and
Mississippi. This vast network encompassed tens
of thousands of acres and was worked by
thousands of enslaved African Americans. Alcey
and Samuel Harden . . . — — Map (db m104503) HM
On Field Avenue at Patrick Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Field Avenue.
George Waller (1734-1814) and his wife, Anne Winston Waller (1735-1839), established their plantation at Waller’s Ford on the Smith River near here about 1770. George Waller helped establish Henry County, serving as one of its first justices and as . . . — — Map (db m103819) HM
On U.S. 58 at Business U.S. 58, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 58.
Once located to the south was Leatherwood, the plantation of Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia and great orator of the American Revolution. Henry is especially famous for his “Liberty or Death” speech made in 1775 in Saint John’s Church in . . . — — Map (db m104505) HM
On Greensboro Road (Business U.S. 220) at Joseph Martin Highway (County Route 685), on the left when traveling north on Greensboro Road.
Three miles southwest is Belleview, home of Major John Redd, a pioneer in this section. Redd served in the Indian Wars and in the Revolution, being present at the siege of Yorktown in 1781. — — Map (db m104510) HM
On Speedway Road at 47th Street, on the right when traveling east on Speedway Road.
Since 1949, the Petty family has been a permanent fixture in NASCAR, helping to define and grow the sport for the past seven decades. The Petty family's involvement began as a family business with the patriarch, Lee, who won three championships, . . . — — Map (db m290189) HM
Henry County. Located in the foothills of southern Virginia, Henry County is named for Patrick Henry (1736-1799), Revolutionary leader and governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Henry lived in the county from 1779 to 1784. The General . . . — — Map (db m58373) HM
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